Taranaki Surf

Detailed Taranaki surf forecast maps and the latest eyeball surf report from local surfers in the region. Near-shore swell is shown on the map together with the surf forecast rating for spots in Taranaki. Find the best places to surf in offshore conditions by selecting the wind option on the forecast map. Windsurfers and kite surfers can also use this option to find more favorable cross-shore conditions in Taranaki. Our local Wavefinder indicates where some of the best conditions are likely to be found in Taranaki over the next 7 days. Surf photos from Taranaki and reviews of the best spots and surfing conditions have been provided by local surfers.

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Taranaki Surf Forecast map for predicting the best wave and wind conditions across the region. For surfers, the map shows the most powerful swell tracking across near-shore open water and not the peak waves experienced by boats out at sea. Move your mouse over the ocean swell symbols or the surf breaks on the coastline to see a more detailed surf forecast including wave period and wind conditions. The forecast updates every 6 hours and most live weather reports update every hour. You can animate the Taranaki Surf map or show live wind and wave conditions as reported from wavebuoys and local weather stations. Surf breaks shown along the Taranaki coastline are also listed below.

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	Thu	Friday 08			Saturday 09			Sunday 10			Monday 11			Tuesday 12			Wednesday 13			Thursday 14
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki
Rating	1	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.5 WNW	0.9 W	0.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	5.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 SW	1.0 WSW	1.2 SW	1.7 SW
Period(s)	9	9	9	11	10	11	13	11	10	11	14	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	18	13	16
Energy	68	144	165	866	2922	2767	4358	2454	2260	6889	3802	2477	1673	1519	1239	1052	1055	1073	1139	1180	962	1436
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross	on	on	on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross	off	glass	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	1:26AM 2.93		1:54PM 1.93	2:22AM 1.97		3:36PM 2.21		3:26AM 2.75	4:04PM 2.60		4:29AM 2.76	5:16PM 1.85		5:25AM 2.57	5:58PM 2.61		6:20AM 2.99		7:00PM 2.95	7:11AM 3.15		7:52PM 3.17
Low Tide / height (m)		7:39AM 0.68		7:56PM 0.72	9:24AM 1.22		9:43PM 1.21	9:49AM 1.14		10:20PM 0.83	10:51AM 1.03		11:40PM 0.76	11:46AM 0.62		12:10AM 0.77		12:46PM 0.66	1:10AM 0.68		1:36PM 0.45	2:02AM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	7	1	-	-	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	20	20	17	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	11	12	14	11	13	13	12	14	15	12
Low °C	17	17	19	15	15	14	14	15	15	10	11	12	9	11	12	11	12	12	11	11	12	10
Chill °C (?)	18	20	20	16	14	15	13	13	13	12	14	14	10	12	14	10	13	13	11	14	15	10
Sunrise	-	7:11	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:13	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:25	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:23	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:22	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 WNW	0.9 W	0.9 WNW	0.1 SW	0.7 SW	3.5 WNW	3.5 W	-	-	-	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.7 SW
Period (s)	9	9	9	18	13	11	13	-	-	-	11	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WSW	0.3 W	0.1 SW	-	0.5 WSW	0.7 WSW	-	-	-	-	2.3 WSW	-	-	0.2 SSE	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.1 S
Period (s)	14	5	15	-	17	17	-	-	-	-	14	-	-	10	9	17	24	22	20	18	17	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.6 NNW	1.9 WNW	3.5 WNW	-	-	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	5.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	4	4	11	10	-	-	11	10	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thu	Friday 08								Saturday 09								Sunday 10
	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	The Point (nr Wainui) Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	3	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 NNW	0.5 WNW	0.7 W	1.2 WNW	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 WNW	0.6 WSW	4.0 NNW	1.9 WNW	3.0 NW	1.9 WNW	2.2 W	2.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.2 WSW	4.0 W	3.5 W	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW
Period(s)	7	9	9	9	9	9	9	14	9	11	10	11	11	10	11	15	13	13	12	12	11	10
Energy	376	68	89	246	144	145	165	169	3043	866	1798	930	1182	1532	3455	5515	4937	4358	3665	3224	2454	2248
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on	off	off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	on	cross- on
Tide State	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			1:31AM 2.07				2:34PM 2.27				2:22AM 2.81				2:56PM 2.46					3:26AM 2.75
Low Tide / height (m)	7:16PM 0.99				8:26AM 1.19				8:08PM 1.10				8:37AM 0.77					9:08PM 1.15				9:49AM 1.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	risk thund- der	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	13	5	1	-	-	3	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	1
Temp. °C	17	17	17	17	17	20	20	17	17	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	15	15	15
Chill °C (?)	16	16	16	16	16	20	20	15	15	15	14	14	13	14	13	14	12	12	12	13	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	0.5 WNW	0.7 W	1.2 WNW	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 WNW	0.6 WSW	0.5 SW	0.1 SW	0.7 WSW	0.1 SW	0.1 S	0.6 W	0.8 WSW	2.3 W	4.0 W	3.5 W	1.9 WNW	1.7 WNW	-	-
Period (s)	14	9	9	9	9	9	9	14	14	18	13	20	14	18	16	12	13	13	12	12	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 WSW	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.3 W	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.3 WSW	-	0.3 WSW	0.1 S	0.1 SW	-	0.4 NNW	2.2 WSW	-	-	-	1.2 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	14	15	15	5	15	15	18	18	-	19	14	18	-	8	15	-	-	-	15	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.6 NW	0.7 N	0.6 NNW	0.6 N	0.6 NNW	3.5 NNW	4.0 NNW	1.9 WNW	3.0 NW	1.9 WNW	2.2 W	2.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	1.6 WSW	-	-	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW
Period (s)	7	4	4	4	4	4	4	8	9	11	10	11	11	10	11	11	-	-	12	12	11	10

	Thursday 07					Friday 08
	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	The Point (nr Wainui) Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	3	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 NNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.5 W	0.5 WNW	0.6 WNW	2.0 NNW	2.0 NNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 WSW	0.8 W	0.8 W	1.5 NNW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNW	3.0 NNW
Period(s)	6	8	8	8	9	9	9	7	7	9	14	9	9	7	14	14	7	7	7	8	8	8
Energy	337	48	48	109	63	68	84	519	517	93	220	114	114	351	152	152	771	762	864	967	1027	1178
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)								1:26AM 2.93												1:59PM 2.71
Low Tide / height (m)		7:09PM 0.60												7:47AM 0.84
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	14	17	17	16	17	17	18	18	18
Chill °C (?)	17	18	18	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	13	15	15	14	15	15	17	17	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.5 W	0.5 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.6 WNW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	14	8	8	8	9	9	9	14	14	9	8	9	9	8	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.1 SW	0.6 WSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.4 WSW	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	-	15	15	14	15	14	15	21	21	15	14	15	15	15	11	11	11	11	11	19	19	19
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 NNW	0.6 NW	0.6 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.7 NW	2.0 NNW	2.0 NNW	0.6 NW	1.9 NNW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	1.5 NNW	2.4 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNW	3.0 NNW
Period (s)	6	4	4	4	4	4	4	7	7	4	7	4	4	7	8	8	7	7	7	8	8	8